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Description: | A complete and worn Medieval copper-alloy jetton probably dating (c. 1280 -c. 1343).Obverse: +ROS+ RA+ (fictitious repeating legend); Rose formed of pelletsReverse: Triple stranded long cross botonnee with a flowery symbol in each quadrant; flowery symbols (rather than a legend) form a borderDiameter: 20.2mm. Weight: 1.89g.The obverse is similar to Mitchiner (1988, 110) no 186 but the reverse is different. This obverse is part of the Sterling bust issue.Robert Webley (FLO Somerset) comments that this is a Berry obverse type 7B.Compare with WMID-183563 from Alrewas parish, Staffordshire.Mitchiner, M. 1988. The Medieval Period And Nuremberg, Jetons Medalets & Tokens, Volume 1. Seaby: London.
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